unluckily

Example Sentences

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Sciver-Brunt was unluckily run out while backing up for 128, and South Africa capitalised on the opportunity to expose England's lower order as five wickets fell for 38 runs in the evening session.

From BBC • Dec. 15, 2024

But for the first time — unluckily for the Nationals — MLB instituted a lottery, under the terms of the new collective bargaining agreement, in an attempt to reduce the incentive for teams to tank.

From Washington Post • Dec. 6, 2022

And nothing makes you count your blessings quite like watching fictional characters escape death, like the college student in 2014's "Kristy" who unluckily stays on campus alone during Thanksgiving break.

From Salon • Dec. 21, 2021

But unluckily for farmers, fall armyworms aren’t picky eaters.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 17, 2021

Filch found them trying to force their way through a door that unluckily turned out to be the entrance to the out-of-bounds corridor on the third floor.

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling